Welcome To Bills Repairbench

 This web site is for sharing my fun restoring old radios

Last update 6-1-2011

The 1928 Bremer Tully is finished, and is just incredible !

 Philco 37-650 getting closer

It's now June and I have been so knee-deep in projects

it's been impossible to get back to the radios. For the last

 3 months I've been restoring my Honda motorcycle for

the upcomming summer months. The honda is 28 years

 old this year and I may keep her a few more years. Since

 so much work has gone into the old girl I decided to give

the Honda a page of it's own.

 In order to view my slideshows you must use Internet Explorer.

You will not see the slide shows if you are using Mozzila.

 Old radio restoration is a great hobby and very addictive. It is always

 a non stop learning experience between the electrical side, the wood

working side, and the great history lesson that comes with each radio.

Since I restore these radios purely for fun, I can take all the time I

 want for the restorations. A special thank you here to my wife, as

she forgives me for the amount of time I spend at the bench.  

On my site you will find hundreds of pictures of my radios and related

 components that have been restored. The current project on the bench

 is the 1937 Philco 37-650X which is now about 90% complete. Most all

of my restoration work is performed with hand tools only. I try not using

 power tools in my restorations. I will admit this is much more time

consuming, but I believe they turn out better.

 You get more "attention to detail" when it's all done by hand.

NOTE: All of the pictures on this web site are 12 mega pixel and are in a very

 large format.Any picture saved to your PC can be enlarged to fill your screen.